Category: The Year of Learning

Meta Learning Month: What I Learned From 6 Books About Learning I tried to learn as much as possible about the art of learning during the first month of 2017. Why are we not taught this in school? I wish I’d done this YEARS ago. This was my approach and my key takeaways. My Approach: Consistent Reading When I tried to find experiential ways to learn how to learn, my mind became obscured. How do I practise different ways to practise? …

One week down, just fifty-one to go! The last 7 days marked the beginning of my project for 2017, The Year of Learning. This is what happened. Retention: 7/7 I’m proud to say I’ve stuck with my daily practice of learning something related to my monthly theme. I’ve had a particularly strong focus on habitualising the daily practice this first week, which will continue for at least the first month. After all, when Aristotle says habits are important, I listen((Well, …

Month One: Learning How To Learn This is my meta month! To set myself up for success in my Year of Learning challenge, I want to start off by learning how to learn as effectively as possible. Meta learning is such a lead domino for everything else I’ll be doing over the next 12 months. By exploring best practices in learning from day one, I’ll get SO MUCH MORE out of my efforts in the 11 months afterwards. Also, meta learning is arguably the …

I’ve always loved learning. Regardless, I’m currently de facto a college dropout((I’m on an indefinite break from my university, delaying a master’s degree until I can clearly see the ROI of spending another two years in school to get one. Still unsure if I’ll ever get there.)). How can this make any sense? Before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s roll back in time to some unknown time and place in which Mark Twain utters a profound quote along the lines …